Only in New Mexico

When I ran for my first elective office back in 1981 I won a primary election that was said to be un-winnable for me.  That culminated in...

I sent this around to my son in upstate New York to prove that his home town is toughing it out.  He  probably wasn't to impressed as ...

Channel 13 just did a story on a lost chicken.  It really happened. This means that things in Dick Knipfing's old newsroom aren't...

Albuquerque Police Officers are undergoing training at hard military tactics provided by the Department of Energy?  Who knew?  What good do...

I have not commented much on the KOBTV anchorman/reporter to-do  in the newsroom.  This stuff happens often and I have said on facebook, jo...

The new cowboy promoter,  State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn, has reportedly hired Jim Lane who mysteriously was shown the door  at the Ga...

The Journal's southern NM correspondent wrote an excellent Up Front Column today on the immigration and border security issues.  It is...

When Walmart starts raising the wages they pay their food stamp collecting employees you know that for the most part the economy is ste...

I attended Michael Shermer's lecture yesterday and truly enjoyed it.  He is the publisher of Skeptic Magazine.  Some comments on my pos...

Cheeky Kate Currell, one of our twin granddaughters is on a great rebound.  She is going home a different baby in a few days.  Two holes ...

This is our grand daughter Katy Currell.  She and her twin sister were born to our daughter Noelle and husband Luke last October 25th, 11 ...

It was no surprise that the rightwing editorial page of the Journal would endorse a longer general election campaign by moving the primary ...

The Bernalillo County Commission, thanks to Art de la Cruz, has blinked in its full steam ahead effort to raise the regressive gross receip...

I don't know what is more taxing, the Bernalillo County Commission getting ready to raise regressive gross receipts taxes on the poor, ...

A couple of things happened over the last week that turned out to be a reckless execution of best intentions.  Both involved to some extent...

The lunacy continues in Santa Fe at the Capitol.  State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn and his little boy are all behind the notion that t...

The idea that New Mexico should move its primary elections date to an even earlier time is being pushed by the GOP at the legislature.  Why...

While I was up in Colorado being a grandparent for a few days I followed legislative happenings in Santa Fe.  I tried to put it all in a pe...

Noelle and Bobbi Alex and Katy. I am homeward bound.